Hendrik's Task List

[bearshermark]

[Scrawled quickly just before the mad dash to leave. No fancy handwriting here]

Quick! I need a list of activities to do at the beach!

-El

Comments

[bearshermark]

It'll be good for everyone, I think. Some will need more encouragement than others, though.

[paradoxical_personality]

I, for once, am welcoming the change in scenery.

It's been a while since my last trip to the beach.

[bearshermark]

I'm glad. The last time I was on a beach, I didn't really have time to enjoy it so I plan to make the most of it this time.

[paradoxical_personality]

Why weren't you able to enjoy it?

[bearshermark]

I was on an important journey back home, so we didn't have a lot of time for things like that. We dipped our feet in a little, and I went fishing so it was relaxing but not as fun as I wish it could have been.

[paradoxical_personality]

......... Are you me?

[Save for the fishing. Hel wasn't into fishing... that's a good way to anger the inhabitants of Ragwin]

I was on a journey to prevent Ragnarok, we didn't often have time to rest on our laurels either.

[bearshermark]

It'll be good for both of us, then. We'll still go back and save our worlds, but we have a little time to relax while we're here.

[paradoxical_personality]

All I know is my companions had better not be lollygagging in my absence.

[bearshermark]

[It's too bad she can't see, but he laughs]

I'm sure they're perfectly worried about where you've gone to.

[paradoxical_personality]

[It really is, because as uptight as Hel could be she needed the company of those capable of being more light-hearted] It's not me they should be worrying about. [Though the thought that they might be warmed her heart]

[bearshermark]

I'm sure they're all right.

[paradoxical_personality]

[ Now she was grateful for the distance since he missed seeing her color at that. Then she hastily scrawled the following]

I meant the the realms! [Though he'd already seen through her words to the truth. She was worried about them]

[bearshermark]

[It's only because he knows every one of those worries as his own]

Are they in such a dire state, then?

[paradoxical_personality]

[Apparently they had more in common than she originally knew]

Ragnarok is the destruction of everything- if things spiral out of control then everything will be lost.

I would say that's a dire state.

[bearshermark]

Yes. I truly hope you're able to prevent it.

[paradoxical_personality]

[Realizes she just kind of went off on him, Hel did something she rarely did] Sorry. [Eleven had always struck her as an upstanding hero type- sort of like Sigurd only less stupid. He hadn't meant any harm when the conversation went in this direction. Also she openly admitted to a small extent that she does care about her friends back home] I'll do my best to enjoy this outing not just for myself, but for them. [She needed to be in a better mental state for when she did return to them.]

[bearshermark]

It's all right. I understand that sort of situation very well. It makes this time we have all the more important.

[paradoxical_personality]

[Okay- Hel has had her fill of sentimentality for the day. It was more difficult to convey that fact without the use of facial features. Staring deadpan at a bulletin board didn't have the same effect] ... I suppose. [Eillipses never failed her though]

[bearshermark]

[That's okay, Hel. This boy is too friendly to mind]

I'll see you there.